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  A Christmas Tree and a Wedding

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  This short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1848. A man walking past a wedding is reminded of a children's New Year's Eve party he attended 5 years previously – a party that was clearly an excuse for the parents to make advantageous connections in a casual setting. As an outsider at the party, he was able to observe the guests in greater detail than most, and took particular note of the children playing by the Christmas tree, and the social hierarchy they unwittingly participated in. This recording is based on the 1918 translation by Constance Garnett.

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  The Last Wardens - A Full-Cast...

  Amit Tishler, Elliot Sperl

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  Experience the horror. Survive the madness. Join The Last Wardens. 
  Bleakwood, Oregon—once a sleepy, forgotten town—has become ground zero for an unspeakable horror. When Danielle Pryer’s long-lost brother, Bruce, returns from the Vietnam War carrying a monstrous mutation, reality itself begins to unravel. Vines turn to veins, brick to bone, and the laws of physics become mere suggestions. But Bleakwood’s nightmare is just beginning. 
  Enter The Last Wardens—a ragtag band of dysfunctional misfits, bound not by duty, but by desperation. Led by the enigmatic and unpredictable Riddle (Felicia Day), this team of barely-held-together creatures, survivors, and cynics are humanity’s last defense against a cosmic force older than time itself. From flesh-warping dimensional rifts to grotesque mutations lurking in the dark, they’re the only thing standing between Earth and annihilation. 
  Danny (Anjali Bhimani), a resourceful sharpshooter with nothing left to lose, is thrust into the chaos, forced to navigate the dangerous world of the Wardens, where trust is a luxury and survival is an art form. Alongside the volatile, tentacle-wielding Worm (Mark Meer), the shadow-wracked Cyra (Shiva Negar), and the stone-skinned behemoth Bricks, Danny must uncover the dark secrets behind her brother’s transformation—before it's too late. 
  Blending nostalgic adventure, dark humor, and pulse-pounding action, The Last Wardens Full-Cast Audio Drama delivers a thrilling mix of comic book fantasy and supernatural intrigue. 
  Starring:Anjali Bhimani (Overwatch, Ms. Marvel)Felicia Day (The Guild, Supernatural)Mark Meer (Mass Effect) as WormShiva Negar (The Cuban) as CyraMatthew Waterson (Transformers: War for Cybertron)Ginny Di (D&D) as Laura Olsen

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  Undead The: Part 29 - Part 29

  R.R. Haywood

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  When a deadly infection spreads across Europe, supermarket manager Howie’s ordinary life is thrown into chaos. As the world crumbles around him, he teams up with his autistic best mate, Dave and a ragtag group of misfits to face an enemy unlike any other—the undead. But this isn’t just any infection. It evolves. It learns. And it’s getting smarter every day. Howie soon learns that nothing is quite what it seems - and neither is he. 
  With fast-paced, blistering action, The Undead series follows Howie and Dave and their unlikely friends as they become the only hope for humanity pitted in a race against time to stop the infection before it becomes smarter than them. Which honestly wouldn't be that hard. 
  The Undead has grown to become an iconic British series, redefining zombie horror with rich, unparalleled characterisation—seldom seen outside of literary fiction. But The Undead becomes far more than a zombie story. This is a tale of loyalty and friendship, of how we bond and how far we will go for the people we love. Its catchphrases have become part of everyday language for its readers, and its razor-sharp humour reflects the stupidity and greed of humanity, while still offering hope that we can rise above and do the right thing

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  Mobilize

  Ross Buzzell

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  With Kane laid to rest, Dax and the Junkyard crew now have one job left, go on the offensive. Countless beings owe them a favor, like Master Decombres, it's time to collect. 
   
   
  Deciding to play it smart, they will traverse the galaxy, gathering every ounce of strength they can muster. From Tachyon, to the Alcazar and everything in between, the Junkyard crew will beg, barter and salvage to amass a fleet powerful enough to rival the Valtakuntera.Henuva will provide ancient knowledge to help them keep one step ahead of the empress. Sandrina will put out her feelers for her underworld contacts while Dalia coordinates with the Dal’no to develop the most advanced weapons the galaxy has ever seen.Dax will be joined by Mark and their emotionally abusive cyber-dog PITA to see if the all powerful Boronian race would be willing to intervene just this once.Hop into the world of Starship Bandits as Dax and his crew make new friends, discover worse enemies, and prepare to show the Valtakuntera why it was a bad idea to provoke the wrath of humanity.

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  Bad Bones

  Lauretta Hignett

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  Okay, I might be seriously under-qualified for the job of Enforcer, I'll admit. The Enforcer is supposed to be a human, for starters. It's usually an ex-special forces guy with big muscles and even bigger balls, and a knack for sorting out petty squabbles between the witches and vampires and shifters in the city. 
   
   
   
  And I'm just a technically-dead nail tech—an animated skeleton with a talent for illusion magic and gold gel manicures. But I've recently discovered that I can manifest some pretty big muscles of my own. I've already got the big balls, so I'm halfway there. 
   
   
   
  It's the 'sorting out petty squabbles' part that I might have trouble with. I'm usually the one to start the fights, not finish them. But a girl has got to grow up sometime. 
   
   
   
  My first job is finding a missing person—a half-pixie girl vanished from her home a week ago, and if she doesn't surface soon, the local Fae diplomat is going to raise Hell. Her father is blaming vampires, her boyfriend is pointing the finger at the local werewolves. The clock is ticking. I'm determined to find her alive, and prove to the supes of DC that I've got what it takes to keep this town on the straight-and-narrow.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Anonymous

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The novel-length version was published in April 1891.The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and visually records every one of Dorian's sins.

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